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Sometimes dead is better, and sequels are worse

Sometimes dead is better, and sequels are worse

In which I marvel at the mania of “Pet Sematary Two,” throw my support behind a new Friend of the Housewives, and cancel “Shipoopi.”

Louis Peitzman
Mar 19, 2019
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We need to talk about Pet Sematary Two, a horror film that saw a zombie toddler rip out Herman Munster’s throat with his teeth and thought, I can do better than that. That’s not to say that this movie is an improvement on Pet Sematary — a film I think I like more than most — but it’s too relentlessly, admirably batshit to not appreciate on some level. W…

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